MaryKatherine Fechtel was crowned Miss Florida 2015

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MaryKatherine Fechtel was crowned Miss Florida 2015 at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg on Saturday night, June 20, 2015. She will have a few months to prepare for Miss America 2016 in Atlantic City on September 13, 2015, where she hopes to be crowned by the reigning Miss America, Kira Kazantsev.

In August 2011, she won Miss America's Outstanding Teen 2012 and traveled the United States during her final year of high school. Fechtel's fame when global when we she was erroneously crowned Miss Florida 2014 due to a scoring error. She competed as Miss University of Florida. Fechtel is the daughter of Dixie and Vince Fechtel, Jr. a former state senator and federal parole commissioner.

In February 2014, Fechtel became Miss University of Florida and continued on to compete for Miss Florida 2014. She was wrongly crowned as the winner and stripped of the title six days following the Miss Florida 2014 final night of competition. She is considered to be the first runner up and a preliminary winner in the swimwear, on-stage question, interview, and talent competitions.